Alarmed

Modern technology has failed me.

Sunday morning, I woke up to a dead XDA. Curious, I examined why the alert light (or whatever it is you call it) was neither green (in which case, it means it's fully charged) or red (which means I have a message/missed call). But when I attempted to turn it on, I noticed that even the screen was blank. Resuscitating it by way of changing its batteries didn't help.

Good thing it was a weekend, otherwise, I would have missed my alarm or calls from the office (about a sudden change in schedule).

So it dawned on me that what I thought would be a perpetually reliable XDA would no longer be. I managed to revive it after a couple of minutes but I knew the dependability factor was nil.

During a break in my coverage I bought an alarm clock, my first since college. It's made of plastic and has three options for alarm: the regular beep, a bird's sound and a rooster's cock-a-doddle-doo. I like the third option.

I'll see if it's any better.